T. Yamamoto et al., PREPARATION AND OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF SOLUBLE PI-CONJUGATED POLY(ARYLENEETHYNYLENE)TYPE POLYMERS, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (9), 1993, pp. 797-798
Pi-Conjugated poly(aryleneethynylene) type polymers (-C=Ar-C=C-Ar'-)n
(Ar and/or Ar' = pyridine-2,5-diyl or alkyl-substituted arylene) synth
esized by a palladium-catalysed coupling reaction are soluble in organ
ic solvents and processable to make good thin films by casting, have l
arge refractive index increment (DELTAn/DELTAc = 0.29-0.38), and exhib
it photoluminescence as well as fairly strong third harmonic generatio
n, chi(3) value of about 10(-10) esu.